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Wasted $80 on a rotary brush kit for my chimney

Figured it'd save time on a heavy creosote job. Stupid thing snapped after 3 uses. The cable twisted up and the brush head flew off. Had to go back with a manual rod and hand brush anyway. Done with those gimmicks. Anyone else have better luck with a specific brand?
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gavinross
gavinross22d ago
Jeez, I had a similar thing happen with a drill attachment for cleaning gutters.
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kelly.robin
kelly.robin22d agoMost Upvoted
Four times now I've bought something that promised to make a dirty job easier and it broke before the job was done. That gutter drill attachment Gavin mentioned stripped out on me too. The pattern I see is these tools are designed to work great for the first 5 minutes of a YouTube video but fall apart under real use with actual gunk. Stick with the manual rod and brush, it's slow but it actually gets the creosote off without turning into a flying hazard.
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